5 sessions instead of 40: new prostate cancer radiation trial launches
NCT ID NCT06369246
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a new way to give radiation therapy for advanced prostate cancer. Instead of many sessions, patients get just 5 high-dose treatments. The goal is to see if this shorter approach is safe and works well. About 70 people with high-risk prostate cancer will take part.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of prostate within one year of study entry. Evaluation can happen outside of MD Anderson as long as histological confirmation takes place at MD Anderson. 1. cT1c-T3a by digital exam or imaging (AJCC 8th Ed.). No cT3b-4 by digital exam or imaging (AJCC 8th Ed.) 2. Gleason Grade Group 2-5 (Gleason 7, 8, 9, 10). 3. If Gleason Grade 2, must meet definition of unfavorable intermediate risk (at least one of the following: cT2b, and/or ≥ 50% biopsy cores positive, and/or PSA \>10 ng/mL prior to starting androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). If a participant is taking 5-alpha reductase inhibitors the measured PSA may be doubled). 2. Node negative by conventional imaging. 3. Be ≥ 18 years of age on the day of signing informed consent. 4. Prior pharmacologic androgen ablation for prostate cancer is allowed only if the onset of androgen ablation (both LHRH agonist and oral anti-androgen) is ≤ 185 days prior to registration; Please note: baseline PSA must be obtained prior to the start of any ADT. 5. ECOG performance status 0-2. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of active scleroderma, lupus, or other rheumatologic disease which in the opinion of the treating radiation oncologist precludes safe RT. 2. Prior prostatectomy, cryosurgery, or HIFU for adenocarcinoma of the prostate 3. Prior radiotherapy to the region of the study cancer that would result in overlap of radiation fields 4. Distant metastatic disease on conventional imaging, which by the discretion of the treating physician cannot be treated definitively.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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